Preschool Learning Activities for Busy Moms

Learning activities for preschoolers may be the last thing on a busy mom's mind or agenda when one has to coup with the daily endless chores. If play is work to your child then daily chores can be playing time for a busy mom with her kids too.

Learning time need not be confined to a certain time or a specific place. The interacting moment we have with our children provides us with excellent opportunity to teach them and develop their skills. Here are some excellent tip for busy moms - turn our daily interaction or household chores time into learning time for our kids.

Kitchen as a Learning Playground

Kitchen is a great place for learning. Give some safe and unbreakable utensils to your child. Let him figure out the different sizes of pots, pans, plates and bowls.

Sharpen his fine motor skills by pouring beans or rice from one cup to another or sort out different color beans. These are creative hand eye coordination games too.

Slip in some simple reading by reading up ingredients in recipes book together while planning meals.

Shop and Learn

Children love to help out and be involved in mom's daily chores.

Seek their help to write grocery-shopping list.

While driving to the supermarket, make it a game to point out and read license plates, billboards and interesting road signs.

At the supermarket, get the kids' help to look up items in the supermarket. Do some simple math activities by counting items and reading prices when you checked out.

On your way home while stopping by the cafe to have a snack, read the menu to your child and let her make her choice of order.

Bath Time Rhyme

Rhyme set the foundation for language development. Here is a rhyme I did while drying him up after a bath….

I can assure you a fun time giggling away with the rhyme.Here is another rhyme you can play with your child on his bed...with a long bolster as the imaginary boat.

Row Row Row Your Boat (Rock forward and backward)Gently Down a streamMerrily Merrily MerrilyLife is but a dream (All fall off from one side of the bolster)

All children love music. Sing to the child instead of simply reading the rhymes. There are more nursery rhymes I did with my child to spur his imagination.

Fitting preschool learning games and activities into a mom's busy schedule is not so difficult after all. Such daily activities help our young kids to explore the world as they develop their learning skills and get prepare for a school career ahead. A parent is the best teacher whom your child will look upon to learn and play with as a start in his life.

Preschool is not only a big stepping stone in a child’s life but also for the mother.Children at this stage need lots of opportunity to:

play and ask questions

make choices within clear and reasonable limits

use their muscles, experience senses and develop language skills

use things like books, games and songs

do science, math, music and art activities

We need to provide a variety of preschool learning activities each day so as to give our children a wide experience to help their learning development.

Reading Activities

Children like repetition. Pick a short story, read to them daily for about a week. As time goes by, start playing “Fill in the Blank” with them. Pause when you read and let them complete the sentence. I did it with my kids using the story of Peter Pan.

You can also read them story book which comes with stickers. They can fill in the blank using stickers to relate words with items.

Teaching preschoolers to recognize letter is not limited to flashcards. Many of us may try to get our kids to memorize letters using flashcards but active learning through involvement yield better result. Creating your own simple games and activities does not incur much cost either.

Time is abstract to preschoolers. Though children at this age may not know how to tell time but it should not deter us from teaching them about time. We can apply the right tactics for young kids to learn how to tell time. Fun clock games and telling time activities are helpful too.

Identifying living versus non-living serves as the foundation for kids to study about animals and living things. Many practical hands-on science activities such as observing creatures, digging in the garden and visit to farms are active learning opportunities for preschoolers. Such activities can be entertaining for both parents and kids.

Outdoor in the nature is the best playground for children. Participate in outdoor activities involves children to use all their senses. Children learn best when they are fully immersed in the process. Do not limit yourself to just camping, hiking or fishing. There are many other ways to explore natural surrounding.